On my workbench an Amiga 600, that has been recapped by.. someone.. Ohhh my god.. Removed all the THT capacitors and inspected the pads / holes.. I cleaned everything. Only one THT hole was damaged, I fixed by putting a wire through the hole to fix the contact. Placed some nice new (good) caps. […]
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You gonna twist and cry..
How NOT to remove capacitors On several youtube channels and forums people are showing how to remove SMT capacitors from a board, with the so called TWIST TECHNIQUE with pliers.. Example on youtube.. And another example.. It may work, but you can’t always see if a capacitor has leaked.. and if a pad is corroded […]
Amiga 4000 – A3640 boot problem
A while ago I had an Amiga 4000 that boots fine with an A3630, but A3640 (or A3660) won’t boot. I spended many hours to find the problem, couldn’t find it. So I left the board for a week or two, after that I inspected everything again, and everything seemed ok. There was one thing […]
Amiga 600 – i’m blue daba dee dabba da
The issue On the workbench, an Amiga 600 which has a blue/green screen.. Red is missing. And Audio isn’t working as it should. The cause As I inspected the board I saw very much corroded pins/solder. The red signal is missing, so we focus on the R_out of the CXA1145 encoder. The problem was found […]
Recap NEO GEO
Recap on NEO GEO, also upgraded RGB circuit. Upgrade RGB circuit Changed the 100uF to 470uF capacitors and the 68 Ohm resistors to 75 Ohm to get a better video output. More info: https://console5.com/wiki/Neo_Geo_AES